10.6.1 released with Flash fix, Leopard gets security update

Apple has already released an update to Snow Leopard which fixes a hodgepodge …

Apple has released a slew of OS updates this afternoon. Snow Leopard and Snow Leopard server get a bump to 10.6.1, including the latest Flash Player installer which caused quite a row last week. Security update 2009-005 is also available for client and server version of Leopard and Tiger.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard moves to version 10.6.1, just shy of two weeks since its initial release. It addresses a number of issues we reported on last week, such as printer driver compatibility, random issues with DVD playback, some issues with Mail and certain SMTP servers, and compatibility with Motion 4. It also includes the latest 10.0.32.18 version of Adobe's Flash Player plug-in, which might have gotten overwritten with a slightly older version if you had already updated Flash and then installed Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard Server 10.6.1 gets all these fixes as well as improved reliability of processes running under Grand Central Dispatch and a fix for servers with multiple network interfaces reporting a duplicate serial number in use.

Security Update 2009-005 includes all previously released security updates and also addresses potential security vulnerabilities identified with Alias Manager, CarbonCore, CUPS, ColorSync, CoreGraphics, ImageIO, Launch Services, MySQL, PHP, and SMB. Flash is also updated to the latest version for each respective platform. ClamAV is updated to the latest version for Mac OS X Server to address a number of vulnerabilities, and Leopard's Wiki Server is also updated to protect against potential unauthorized remote access to wiki user accounts.

As of this writing, all the updates should appear in Software Update, which is Apple's recommended method of grabbing these updates. If manual downloads are your thing, though, we have a complete list of update options below: